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The Global Center of Excellence (GCOE) for atomically controlled fabrication technology
was established in 2008 by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science
and Technology (MEXT), as a succession program of the 21st Century COE program for
atomistic fabrication technology promoted from 2003 to 2007. The GCOE program is implemented
by three departments, namely the Departments of Precision Science & Technology, Applied
Physics, and Advanced Science and Biotechnology, and by the Research Center for Ultra-precision
Science and Technology, all of which belong to the Graduate School of Engineering
of Osaka University.